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Butterfly (1)

Butterfly Sriver FX

Speed	7.5
Spin	7.5
Control	8.0
Weight	2.0
Gears	4.0

Tackiness	0.0
Throw Angle	6.0
Sponge Hardness	0.0

Review of Butterfly Sriver FX

Entry level rubber for beginners like me. Very durable, plays like 90% new after more than 2 months. It's a classic Euro/Jap rubber with no tack at all, so to get lots of spin the ball really has to sink into the sponge, which is very soft. So not much serve spin from it. I've found I'm much more suitable for cheaper Chinese rubbers.

Oct 19, 2009

Friendship/729 (4)

Friendship/729 Sky Wing

Speed	7.0
Spin	8.5
Control	9.0
Weight	2.0
Gears	4.0

Tackiness	5.0
Throw Angle	6.0
Sponge Hardness	3.0

Review of Friendship/729 Sky Wing

Light and pretty slow. Very cheap. Sponge hardness is said to be 42deg on the package but feel like 36-37. Good for controlled blocking as it absorbs the incoming ball's speed well. Not durable as the top sheet tack is gone after only a month. With the spin gone with the tack, it starts to play like premade rubbers.

Sep 26, 2009

Friendship/729 FX Lightening (Lightning)

Speed	8.0
Spin	8.5
Control	9.0
Weight	4.0
Gears	7.0

Tackiness	5.0
Throw Angle	4.0
Sponge Hardness	7.0

Review of Friendship/729 FX Lightening (Lightning)

Way more than worth the $5 you pay for it. It's actually not slow at all and pretty spinny. Many 30-dollar Euro/Jap rubbers feel about as fast and less spinny! Get it in 2.0 or 1.8mm sponge and you can perform any shot with it. I really should have gone with this rubber when I started learning to play instead of Sriver, as I just don't play very well with a totally grippy rubber with a soft sponge.

Sep 26, 2009

Friendship/729 Higher 3

Speed	9.0
Spin	9.0
Control	7.0
Weight	6.0
Gears	7.0

Tackiness	5.0
Throw Angle	6.0
Sponge Hardness	7.0

Review of Friendship/729 Higher 3

Faster and spinnier than the other rubbers I tried (Sriver FX, 729 lightening super fx, sky wing) so it's hard to control. Maybe I should have gone with a thinner sponge, say 2.0mm. Excellent for looping if you have good technique. It's actually quite durable compared to other Chinese rubbers.

Oct 19, 2009

Friendship/729 Focus 3 Snipe

Speed	8.0
Spin	8.0
Control	9.0
Weight	2.0

Tackiness	0.0
Throw Angle	6.0
Sponge Hardness	3.0
Consistency	10.0

Review of Friendship/729 Focus 3 Snipe

Very high quality rubber from 729. Grippy and light, like a Sriver clone. The top sheet is thinner with smaller pips, so more spin and control. There seem to be 2 sponge versions: I ordered 2 rubbers (red and black) from ColesTT and the red is marked 42 deg but feels like 38; black is marked 40 deg but feels like 36. Interestingly the red come with sticky film but the black just has a piece of cover paper. The harder version plays like regular Sriver and the softer like Sriver EL/FX...

Nov 24, 2010

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